India's Supreme Court on Thursday referred a decision to lift a centuries-o...
FILE PHOTO: Hindu devotees wait in queues inside the premises of the Sabarimala temple in Pathanamthitta district in the southern state of Kerala, India, October 18, 2018. REUTERS/Sivaram V/File Photo
Some women had defied the traditional ban on entering the temple in the southern state of Kerala, enraging conservative Hindu groups, sparking protests and drawing the Supreme Court into the controversy. But many devotees have refused to abide by the ruling and subsequent attempts by women to visit it had been blocked.
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